Deficiencies in the quality of health care are major limiting factors to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for child and maternal health. Quality of patient care in hospitals is firmly on the agendas of Western countries but has been slower to gain traction in developing countries, despite evidence that there is substantial scope for improvement, that hospitals have a major ro...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDG), which emerged from the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, are increasingly recognized as the over-arching development framework. As such, the MDG are increasingly guiding the policies of poor countries and aid agencies alike. This article reviews the challenges and opportunities for health presented by the MDG. The opportunities include that three ...

aim: pediatric sleep problems can result in negative consequences for both mothers and children. considering the relatively high prevalence of sleep disorders among children with adhd (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder), this study was designed to investigate the impact of a sleep hygiene intervention to promote sleep problems in children with adhd and maternal mental health.methods: thi...

how to cite this article: vameghi r, amir ali akbari s, sajedi f, sajjadi h, alavi majd h. path analysis association between domestic violence, anxiety, depression and perceived stress in mothers and children’s development. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):36-48. abstract objective given that several factors involved in the incidence or exacerbation of developmental disorders in children...

(2005) Bridging the equity gap in maternal and child health: lay health workers may help bridge equity gap in maternal and child

Previous research has found that the presence of grandparents, particularly grandmothers, is often positively associated with child survival. Little research has explored the potential mechanisms driving these associations. We use data from rural Guatemala to test whether contact with and direct investment (advice and financial) from grandparents is associated with child health, proxied by heig...

BACKGROUND We explored healthcare provider perspectives and practices regarding safer conception counseling for HIV-affected clients. METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 38 providers (medical and clinical officers, nurses, peer counselors, and village health workers) delivering care to HIV-infected clients across 5 healthcare centres in Mbarara District, Uganda. Interview tran...

Developing countries are devising various strategies and mechanisms to accelerate their speed towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. In Nigeria, different approaches have been used to address the tackling of health-related MDGs. One creative approach has been the implementation of the NHIS Maternal and Child Health (NHIS-MCH) Project. The project aims to speed up the achieveme...

OBJECTIVES This article examines the effects of birth outcome and selected social environmental factors on the health of young children. DATA SOURCE The data are from the 1994/95 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Information provided by the biological mothers of 5,888 children younger than age 3 is analyzed. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES The analysis focuses on two measures of chi...